súgán

British  

/ ˈsuːɡɑːn /

noun

1. a straw rope

2. a chair with a seat made from woven súgáns

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Etymology

Origin of súgán

Irish Gaelic

Example Sentences

And Tearlach Ban MacGiolla, The piper of Gort, was there, And he sat and he dreamed apart In the arms of a sugan chair.

From Project Gutenberg

The “sugan” earl’s brother John, who had joined in his rebellion, escaped into Spain, and left a son Gerald, who appears to have assumed the title and was known as the Conde de Desmond.

From Project Gutenberg

When the brigadier died, Sugan put on her wedding dress of red silk, threaded with gold, and tied jasmine and gold ornaments into her black and lustrous hair.

From Time Magazine Archive

The brigadier had been a man who played polo, spoke English with an Oxford accent and administered the Maharajah of Jodhpur's estates and palaces; but Sugan, married to him for 27 years, had chosen to remain in the veiled seclusion of purdah.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lead him home with a sugan the way you'd lead a bleating goat.

From Project Gutenberg